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Days per hunterTrips per hunterTrip expendituresper hunterTrip expendituresper dayComparative Hunting by Type of Hunting$37$34$31$40$198910111114Selected Game by Type of Hunting(In millions)16181921$350$365$301TotalBig gameSmall gameMigratory birdsOther animals$627Type of hunting Hunters DaysBig game, total ............................... 11.6 212Deer ....................................... 10.9 168Wild turkey ................................. 3.1 33Elk ........................................ 0.9 8Bear ....................................... 0.5 5Small game, total ............................. 4.5 51Squirrel. .................................... 1.7 21Rabbit and hare .............................. 1.5 17Pheasant .................................... 1.5 10Quail. ...................................... 0.8 9Grouse/prairie chicken. ........................ 0.8 8$762seeking small game ($31 per day) andspent an average of $365 ($40 perday) while pursuing migratory birds.Hunters averaged $301 ($19 per day)while pursuing other animals.Hunting for Selected GameAmong big game species, deer was themost popular animal pursued, attracting10.9 million hunters for 168 milliondays. Wild turkey attracted 3.1 millionhunters for 33 million days, while elkdrew 867 thousand for 8 million days,and bear was hunted by 526 thousandfor 5 million days. Moose was pursuedby 106 thousand hunters for 1 milliondays. In addition, 305 thousand huntersspent 5 million days hunting other biggame animals.Among small game species, squirrelswere the most popular quarry with 1.7million small game hunters who huntedthem 21 million days in 2011. Rabbitswere hunted by 1.5 million participantsfor 17 million days, and pheasantsattracted 1.5 million hunters for 10million days. Quail was flushed by 841thousand hunters on 9 million days,while grouse and prairie chicken werepursued by 812 thousand hunters on 8million days. In addition, 299 thousandhunters spent 3 million days huntingother small game animals.Among those hunting migratory birds,1.4 million pursued ducks for 15million days. There were 1.3 millionhunters who pursued doves on 7million days. On 9 million days, 781thousand hunters hunted geese in 2011.Other migratory bird species attracted227 thousand people who hunted for 2million days.Migratory birds, total ......................... 2.6 23Ducks ...................................... 1.4 15Doves ...................................... 1.3 7Geese ...................................... 0.8 9Source: Table 7.26 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Census Bureau
Participation by Geographic RegionRegionally, participation rates inhunting ranged from 3 percent in thePacific Region to 11 percent in the EastSouth Central Region. The East NorthCentral, West North Central, and WestSouth Central Regions also had participationrates above the national averageof 6 percent. Regions with participationrates below the national rate wereNew England, Middle Atlantic, SouthAtlantic, and Pacific. The rate in theMountain Region was equal to theaverage at 6 percent.Hunting in State of Residence andin Other StatesA large majority of participants, 94percent or 12.9 million, hunted withintheir resident state in 2011. Only 1.9million, 14 percent, hunted in anotherstate. Percentages do not add to 100because those who hunted both in stateand out of state were included in bothcategories.The overall resident/nonresident patternis relatively constant across all typesof hunting. Eleven million big gamehunters, 95 percent of all big gamehunters, hunted within their state ofresidence, while 11 percent, 1.3 millionpeople, traveled to another state tohunt big game. Four million smallgame hunters, 90 percent of all smallgame hunters, pursued game in theirresident state. An estimated 708 thousandsmall game hunters, 16 percentventured across state lines to hunt smallgame. Over 2.4 million migratory birdhunters, 94 percent of all migratory birdhunters, hunted within their residentstate. Eleven percent or 284 thousandhunted out of state. Among sportspersonswho hunted other animals, 92percent, 2 million, hunted in state and10 percent, 224 thousand participants,hunted out of state.Hunting in State of Residenceand in Other States(In millions)Out ofIn state stateAll hunters ...... 12.9 1.9Big game ....... 11.0 1.3Small game ..... 4.0 0.7Migratory birds .. 2.4 0.3Other animals ... 2.0 0.2Source: Table 6.Pacific3%AKWAORNVCAIDAZHunting Participation(National participation rate: 6 percent)UTMountain6%MTWYNMCOWest NorthCentral10%NDSDNEKSOKMNIAMOARWIILEastNorthCentral7%INTNMIKYOHWVSCPAVANCNYNHVTNew England4%MEMARICTNJDEMDDCMiddleAtlantic5%HITXWest SouthCentral7%LAMSALEast SouthCentral11%GAFLSouth Atlantic4%U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Census Bureau 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation 27
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Table 25. Freshwater Anglers and Da
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Table 40. Expenditures for Wildlife
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Appendix A.DefinitionsAnnual househ
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Appendix B.2010 Participation of 6-
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Table B-4. Most Recent Year of Fish
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Table B-7. Selected Characteristics
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Table B-9. Participation by 6-to-15
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Appendix C.Significant Methodologic
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Table C-1. Major Characteristics of
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Table C-2. Anglers and Hunters by C
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Table C-4. Comparison of Major Find
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Table C-5. Anglers and Hunters by C
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Illustration of the Computation of
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